Antediluvian

By Wil McCarthy

Book Overview

DEEPDIVE Before disaster erased thecoastlines and river valleys of the Antediluvian age--before the mythicFlood--men and women struggled and innovated in a world of savagecontrasts. It turns out that our legends of the Stone Age are even older than wethink. It was a time when a world of archetypes and myths was written upon thefabric of humanity in the deepest way--a world that has only been preservedin the oldest stories with no way to actually visitit. Untilnow. In a brilliant and dangerousbrain-hacking experiment, Harv Leonel and Tara Mukherjee are about to discoverentire lifetimes of human memory coded in our genes, and reveal ancientlegends--from knights and trolls to the birth of humanity itself--thatare very real. And verydeadly. About Antediluvian: ".. . gripping and . . . grounded in archaeology."-- PublishersWeekly ". . . plenty ofverisimilitude . . . superbly intriguing and captivating . . . bravurahistorical recreations, full of conjectural material. . . . Presenting us with acolorful cast of characters from across the millennia who have thick and richexistences, and affirming that the cosmic stream of life flows forcefullydespite all small blockades, McCarthy has written a novel that looks bothforwards and backwards, thus making a stellar return to thefield."-- Locus WilMcCarthy: "McCarthy is anentertaining, intelligent, amusing writer, with Heinlein's knack for breakneckplotting and, at the same time, Clarke'sthoughtfulness."-- Booklist "'Imaginationreally is the only limit.'"-- The New YorkTimes "The future asMcCarthy sees it is a wondrous place."-- PublishersWeekly "A bright light on theSF horizon."--DavidBrin "Wil McCarthydemonstrates that he has a sharp intelligence, a galaxy-spanning imagination,and the solid scientific background to make it all work."--ConnieWillis "In nearly everypassage, we get another slice of the science of McCarthy's construction,and a deeper sense of danger and foreboding . . . McCarthy develops considerabletension."-- San DiegoUnion-Tribune "An ingeniousyarn with challenging ideas, well-handled technical details, and plenty oftwists and turns."-- Kirkus

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982124997
• ISBN13: 9781982124991
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Baen
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.1" x 6.7"